Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Bokashi leachate

These are  tomato  seedlings  that  I transplanted about a  month ago.
As a  non  scientific  trial,  I put  about  100ml  of  Bokashi  leachate in the  left  hand  corner,  just  to  see what  would  happen.
the  plant  at  the  left  has  stunted  growth. It  has  the same  stem thickness as the  others,  just  isn't  reaching  for the  stars.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow, I've been looking into the bokashi thing lately to be able to compost more food waste. So what is the leachate? Is that the end result of the bokashi compost? Maybe I'll just stick with worm composting.

lawrence said...

It is pretty awful stuff Scrimply. It is the liquid run off of the decomposing contents of the Bokashi bin. Completely anaerobic and I find it the best outside drain cleaner ever, because it kills mould and other stuff!
Not very good for plants in the short term, maybe diluted and left to stand for a few days it would be OK